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not invaded with the troops war correspondent lizzie field and witnessed u.s. so-called support in libya then syria she joins the truth seeker all libyans know building a free and democratic future yeah well it's the biggest. uk seymour and you can think that. and democracy on the back. and well of course that never has been the case anywhere in the world anyway three and said to me not the case in libya and syria there was so much goodwill towards obama's he returns to the white house how has that changed. and africa and a bentley has been sponsible for more intervention than any other and equal mean you have. not only has he not ended the wars in iraq and afghanistan as you and he when he. was and yet in syria and every kind of that intervention they are very. responsible for what's happening and there is in the hatred and anger. hatred for is breathtaking decision. made of videos show militants shooting on their own people as they cry for mercy george galloway's u.k. member of parliament has raised millions of dollars from victims of war and joins us now are
not invaded with the troops war correspondent lizzie field and witnessed u.s. so-called support in libya then syria she joins the truth seeker all libyans know building a free and democratic future yeah well it's the biggest. uk seymour and you can think that. and democracy on the back. and well of course that never has been the case anywhere in the world anyway three and said to me not the case in libya and syria there was so much goodwill towards obama's he returns to the white house how has...
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the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a fairly small one not on the scale of september 11th, but on the scale of christmas day 2009, with the u.s. respond? many people, put myself into a large-scale renovation of yemen would be mistaken that the u.s. has been bombing them and for the past three years and it really doesn't seem to have had the impact of the u.s
the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president...
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the road to the markets u.s. markets indeed up on friday void by optimism on be a meeting between congressmen and president obama to avert the so-called fiscal cliff notes congressman have already said it's quite constructive and therefore we are seeing moderate growth but weak results for dell however have sent its shares to a near four year low now let's move over to europe that we have seen the footsie and the dax declining massively this is on the back of all this of course uncertainty waiting for greece to receive a neutron share of a bailout on monday as we've heard from our experts and level so far investors are choosing to play it safe now with all this uncertainty with with fiscal cliff investors are cashing out into the dollar therefore it is gaining to the euro the russian ruble ended with a little change and mixed in the busker currencies and the russian markets had a pretty bad week just one session of the significant growth that was yes but i'm just one percent the first day that is the last markets
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today you're very welcome to be here you have said that the u.s. the e.u. and israel give a fifty fifty probability that a war with iran would happen how big of a window of opportunity still exists to prevent any military action well i think it's closing very quickly iran according to most non-plussed ration experts nuclear experts will by sometime next year be at the point where they could quickly break out and enrich enough weapons grade uranium to then later weaponize and it's the enrichment process which is the most a tech bubble and stoppable or delay of all part of building a nuclear weapon and i think there's a consensus among most folks even outside those governments most experts that iran is quickly approaching that level this is according to the reports on iran's progress so i think that's fairly well understood and i guess i would say that there is a larger concern among officials that one way or the other iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is going to lead to a crisis. of some sort relative to market participants for market participants the iran
today you're very welcome to be here you have said that the u.s. the e.u. and israel give a fifty fifty probability that a war with iran would happen how big of a window of opportunity still exists to prevent any military action well i think it's closing very quickly iran according to most non-plussed ration experts nuclear experts will by sometime next year be at the point where they could quickly break out and enrich enough weapons grade uranium to then later weaponize and it's the enrichment...
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time this is our with me of all research showing that the u.s. campaign in afghanistan has suffered a military grade below with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention falling from grace a sex scandal that started with revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign. catherine off as the latest on that. in the papers here in afghanistan for transit star and battlefield felled at cia by an affair this situation the reaction on the ground has been one of outrage people are really quite confused by this this whole scandal one of the comments that i heard from a person who wish to be anonymous in the foreign ministry is office was they founded really indicative of how well the afghan war effort is going in terms of u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to resign and not f
time this is our with me of all research showing that the u.s. campaign in afghanistan has suffered a military grade below with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention falling from grace a sex scandal that started with revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign. catherine off as the latest on that. in the papers here in afghanistan for transit star and battlefield felled at cia by an affair this...
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something that is unquestionable and that has meant that the largest part of the u.s. government spending has been beyond analysis beyond public scrutiny in four days americans will elect a leader for the next four years regardless of who wins the legacy of war cemented under the past two u.s. presidents indicate that the world's largest. offense budget will continue ballooning this causing many to ask if hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent to increase security or even road stability forty three aren't enough or not artsy. and while obama and romney pledge to pull the us out of the deep dish of debt some observers say overspending on defense is the main reason they commonly ended up going down in the first place and there's no more important issue in america today than i have which we are spending on our military our military industrial complex that's where most of us tax dollars go i mean our total is is more than the tough sixteen other nations in the world and says most americans know that this is just wasteful spending here it creates a few jobs but the
something that is unquestionable and that has meant that the largest part of the u.s. government spending has been beyond analysis beyond public scrutiny in four days americans will elect a leader for the next four years regardless of who wins the legacy of war cemented under the past two u.s. presidents indicate that the world's largest. offense budget will continue ballooning this causing many to ask if hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent to increase security or even road...
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u.s. treasuries and it seems to me at the moment the european companies that are vulnerable also they're buying up these lucrative companies to good prices so the end of the day as far as persia is concerned they've got to pay their staff and as far as these russian state owned companies are concerned they want to diversify they water expands and they want to look good as far as their balance sheet is concerned to. least for the time being looks like a win win situation there katie pavlich thank you very much well let's move over to the markets now consumer confidence in the u. . u.s. is at the highest level in five years but apparently that's not enough to impress investors stateside u.s. markets are hesitant as to how to react to a broader i.m.f. a deal for financial targets for greece we've been talking about earlier on r.t. now some analysts say the deal may not be more than just another short term fix and it seems a deal on the other hand could make greece much less of a risk factor f
u.s. treasuries and it seems to me at the moment the european companies that are vulnerable also they're buying up these lucrative companies to good prices so the end of the day as far as persia is concerned they've got to pay their staff and as far as these russian state owned companies are concerned they want to diversify they water expands and they want to look good as far as their balance sheet is concerned to. least for the time being looks like a win win situation there katie pavlich...
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while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocate defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the jewel in the corporate backed front runner. and a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias and this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek a new level leaders out of those actually fighting on the ground. watching r t a live from moscow with me to bomb would say first keeping your identity private demonstrations has become a punishable offense in canada and i'm also activists could now face up to ten years behind bars authorities a say the motion is aimed at tackling the growing threat of violence and vandalism canada so massive student protests against jewish and heights earlier this year and led to hundreds being arrested canadian radio reporter michael for me and says the new law will criminalize anti-government demonstrations nationwide. this law basically what it does is that it will criminalize people who are
while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocate defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the jewel in the corporate backed front runner. and a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias and this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek a new level leaders out of those actually fighting on the ground. watching r t a live from moscow with me to bomb would say first keeping your...
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thank you nutter so now let's take a look what's happening on the markets u.s. markets are up there boy by optimism on the meeting between congressman and president obama to avert the so-called fiscal cliff however weak results of four there have sent in shares to a near four year low over on the european markets uncertainty about what is going to happen with greece if you've heard from from i expect the beginning of the program now there's still a lot of uncertainty whether it will stay in the euro zone's receiving tranche possibly on the twentieth of november therefore investors choosing to play it safe out of the weekend and dropping stocks now still with uncertainty on the fiscal cliff investors are cashing out into the dollar therefore it is gaining to the euro meanwhile the russian ruble ended the day mixed against the basket of currencies and the stocks in russia had another bad week with now indices standing below the opening values for this year and among different interesting stories on the stock market on the my sex a transnet was an outstanding gain
thank you nutter so now let's take a look what's happening on the markets u.s. markets are up there boy by optimism on the meeting between congressman and president obama to avert the so-called fiscal cliff however weak results of four there have sent in shares to a near four year low over on the european markets uncertainty about what is going to happen with greece if you've heard from from i expect the beginning of the program now there's still a lot of uncertainty whether it will stay in the...
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code former u.s. army intelligence officer as you say seven in afghanistan for four years very interesting to hear your experience and your perspective of this thank you very much indeed for joining us live in altie. on our side from conflict with hamas in gaza israel has also been fighting on its northern front the israeli defense force confirmed they fired artillery into neighboring syria in response to gunfire aimed at its troops in the disputed golan heights it's the first time in forty years israel has fired into syria that came amid reports rebels captured an airport in the east to syria striking a hold of the iraqi border plus this week western attempts to als president assad to gain momentum with france and turkey recognizing the new opposition group the national coalition the ministers are expected to discuss lifting an arms embargo on monday paving the way for direct weapons deliveries to rebels the run is already responded saying that would amount to organized terrorism john as neil clark s
code former u.s. army intelligence officer as you say seven in afghanistan for four years very interesting to hear your experience and your perspective of this thank you very much indeed for joining us live in altie. on our side from conflict with hamas in gaza israel has also been fighting on its northern front the israeli defense force confirmed they fired artillery into neighboring syria in response to gunfire aimed at its troops in the disputed golan heights it's the first time in forty...
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u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to resign and not for example the scandals that have really resonated among the people here on the ground for example the tragic massacre by a u.s. soldier of sixteen civilians here in afghanistan the burnings of the koran by officials here as well as regular policy as like for example night raids which are so controversial here that often result in the deaths of civilians so people are quite confused by this scandal they're not quite sure what implications all have on the u.s. war effort here in afghanistan and of course it's coming on the heels. very important talks between the u.s. and afghanistan the two countries have been in negotiations over what the u.s. will do with the remainder of its sixty eight thousand troops that are here that are due to withdra
u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to resign and not for example the scandals that have really resonated among the people here on the ground for example the tragic massacre by a u.s. soldier of sixteen civilians here in afghanistan the burnings of the koran by officials here as well as regular...
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on our website right now for you the u.s. one say israel that an attack on iran would pump on line is a washington's maneuverings in the region. and political game pro active hollywood star jones clooney is related to the sixteenth president of america abraham lincoln details on that story and much more on i t v dot com. chairman wallace are feeling the pinch of from soaring electricity bills patted by object of direct the country of nuclear energy security and environmental issues behind the bed seemed to be perfectly valid but as peter all of our reports it's ultimately implications could hit germans pretty hot. it was a resoundingly no to nuclear from the german chancellor abandoned nuclear power completely step by step until the end of twenty twenty two as a country within that we can become pioneers on the way to create an age of renewable energy the two thousand and eleven meltdown at the fukushima power plant in japan the worst atomic energy disaster since chernobyl is the key motivation for rushing through nuclear dec
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and we have to keep in mind that this comes just days after a very critical times talks between the u.s. and afghanistan over the future of american forces presence in afghanistan after twenty four but the issue of sovereignty again. and came up. strongly a porous opposes immunity for american troops who kill afghans on afghan soil he wants them to be tried by afghan law here in this country whereas u.s. military officials staunchly are against that and they want their military officials essentially to be brought back to the u.s. to stand trial there and this is of course become much more controversial after the recent high profile trial of the massacre of sixteen afghan civilians by an american soldier who is now being persecuted and washington state in the united states so what this really boils down to is a lack of trust by both countries which is quite disturbing if you look at the way forward here it's been another bad day for the eurozone with from stripped of its treasured aaa credit rating for second time this year this time the downgrade came from moody's which condemned the bl
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this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to establish a no-fly zone -- establish a safe haven, you have to establish a no-fly zone and then the safe haven has to protect against are till rare fire? how do you do senate -- do that? a it's a slippery slope. i i was on washington journal a month ago and i was asked this question, and if we go in, or if we militarily either more aggressive support in terms of the military aid or boots on the ground, air toast support, what's hezbollah going to do sunset what's iran going to do? what's russia going to do? this is quite volatile and i don't think
this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to...
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plus the u.s. is stepping up its presence in the arab world putting all its efforts in creating a proxy army in the region that story is still to come later in the program after the business news after the break here in r.t. . and talking of the businesses dimitris next with that now dimitri russia is pledging to support the euro much needed to light that is true russia has forty two percent of its foreign currency reserves in the euro and prime minister medvedev has said today that he will be keeping it in the year and he was saying that in paris while blessing a major business deal is a way that russia and indeed russian companies can really capitalize on the miseries in your own really get something out of it well apparently there are bargains for the taking basically of the european market right now and russian companies are going ahead with that i'll tell you all about it the couple of great notes after the break thanks a lot to me to. parents versus social workers dot nabbing. dot the man you
plus the u.s. is stepping up its presence in the arab world putting all its efforts in creating a proxy army in the region that story is still to come later in the program after the business news after the break here in r.t. . and talking of the businesses dimitris next with that now dimitri russia is pledging to support the euro much needed to light that is true russia has forty two percent of its foreign currency reserves in the euro and prime minister medvedev has said today that he will be...
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well i think one issue i would take it you know one aspect i take issue with is the idea that the u.s. is unified in its view on china i think there are very deep conflicting views who course we just went through electoral process united states in which both parties were competing to see who could stand up to china but really the issues sitting down around the trade table and dealing with this enormous economic imbalance that way the trade imbalance and debt and there's a great deal of anxiety there's a great deal of. uncertainty on how to really tackle some of these deep trade problems without upsetting the balance that with the strategic balance that we've achieved in the pacific so there does not seem to be any sort of clear pinion on which direction to take now and china they just had a selector roll process not an electoral process in which they picked their new seven leaders and clearly for them domestic issues keeping that country together keeping it on track keeping are growing at a pace that will solve many of its domestic challenges i take. my colleague susan shirks descript
well i think one issue i would take it you know one aspect i take issue with is the idea that the u.s. is unified in its view on china i think there are very deep conflicting views who course we just went through electoral process united states in which both parties were competing to see who could stand up to china but really the issues sitting down around the trade table and dealing with this enormous economic imbalance that way the trade imbalance and debt and there's a great deal of anxiety...
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to u.s. multinationals will be a movie very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms soon actually while it's libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year alone the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have other countries militaries integrated into the us they get the training then they get the equipment they get the arms it's the full package the idea of proxy armies is not new to the very best mark record of training foreign armies has hardly been flawless you have the school of americas for instance which is trained all the the armies that became the torturers of latin america that started after world war two i would say the training troops is especially in the middle east in the case of iraq or in afghanistan something of a catastrophe it's premise
to u.s. multinationals will be a movie very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms soon actually while it's libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year alone the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have...
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while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocated defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the duel between the. corporate back front runners. a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek new rebel leaders out of those actually fighting from the ground. there watching r t live from moscow with me to ban would say good to have you with us this morning a great journalist who threatened to reveal a high profile government fraud remains in custody speedo's cuts us but he was arrested on wednesday after he promised to expose live on t.v. alarming facts reportedly connected to the country's painful bailout deal this comes after another reporter stood trial on thursday for publishing a list of alleged top tax evaders meanwhile the country faced a major media strike triggered a bias and spend should of two state t.v. presenters criticizing a minister on a gaap still from th
while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocated defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the duel between the. corporate back front runners. a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek new rebel leaders out of those actually fighting from the ground. there watching r t live from moscow with me to ban would say good to have you with...
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u.s. and other european nations stop short of doing so saying the foreign based group should first show it's able to represent syrians inside the country paris also said it would look at arming the rebels also use policy in our reports. the french president francois hollande said that the syrian opposition coalition would act as a temporary government in the future and he said that it would be the tosca of the syrian opposition to now establish a transitional government and earlier in the week six gulf states recognize the opposition coalition which we could tolerate foreign minister saying that this recognition now removed obstacles to the securing of weapons to the syrian opposition it is important to make a distinct parallel with what we've seeing back on the tenth of march two thousand and eleven we saw the same scenario unfolding when france was the first country to recognize the transitional national council which was essentially the opposition fighters in libya and this is what we w
u.s. and other european nations stop short of doing so saying the foreign based group should first show it's able to represent syrians inside the country paris also said it would look at arming the rebels also use policy in our reports. the french president francois hollande said that the syrian opposition coalition would act as a temporary government in the future and he said that it would be the tosca of the syrian opposition to now establish a transitional government and earlier in the week...
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and i have heard it in asia so we'll get to the aussie well top that in just a sec for now though the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military great blow this week at the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the former cia chief david petraeus petraeus had to resign after his biographer paula broadwell admitted to having a relationship with him and that classified information was also found on hosting a commuter a denies passing on any secrets now general allen who succeeded petraeus in afghanistan is also under investigation of an inappropriate communication with a woman who has ties to both petraeus and broadwell and the feeling is growing there could be much more to the case than just simply what meets the eye. is beginning to walk a very well drama really interesting knowledge. that continues time a second time they can you use the cream to speak the old regime. generals who sort of move through the revolving door with that image it was actually the intelligence one of the po
and i have heard it in asia so we'll get to the aussie well top that in just a sec for now though the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military great blow this week at the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the former cia chief david petraeus petraeus had to resign after his biographer paula broadwell admitted to having a relationship with him and that classified information was also...
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and the u.s. pauses for a day to remember the extraordinary sacrifices american troops made on the battlefield but well life resumes and wars rage on takes a closer look at battlefield america and the homelessness suicides and mental illness these men and women fight when they return from war. it's monday november eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is now and you're watching our t.v. . our top story today is one that just maybe renewed your faith that solutions to big problems don't have to be political or based on greed that some actions being taken right now are rooted in basic logic and even more so in kindness i'm talking about the rolling jubilee a new program launched by members of occupy wall street who have been raising money to purchase distressed consumer debt from financial firms at an extremely reduced price once they own someones debt they forgive it here's how it works normally when people need money to pay for education housing or medical attention they go to a ba
and the u.s. pauses for a day to remember the extraordinary sacrifices american troops made on the battlefield but well life resumes and wars rage on takes a closer look at battlefield america and the homelessness suicides and mental illness these men and women fight when they return from war. it's monday november eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is now and you're watching our t.v. . our top story today is one that just maybe renewed your faith that solutions to big...
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the u.s. and afghanistan are beginning talks have a new security arrangements the focus is on how big america's presence will be after twenty fourteen when most nato troops have withdrawn discussions come amid a climate of mistrust with the thought as to shubin whether u.s. soldiers should be given immunity from prosecution under afghan law is loosely covered off with the details from kabul. the u.s. and afghanistan have kicked off talks on thursday tough talks about the security framework agreement that the two countries will maintain after most of the nato combat forces withdraw from the country at the end of twenty fourteen now these are expected to be rather controversial contentious talks they come amid a climate of suspicion and mistrust between the two countries one of the biggest issues on the table here we expect this to take about several months to complete and of course the afghan government has long complained about the conduct of u.s. forces operations on the ground here in afghan
the u.s. and afghanistan are beginning talks have a new security arrangements the focus is on how big america's presence will be after twenty fourteen when most nato troops have withdrawn discussions come amid a climate of mistrust with the thought as to shubin whether u.s. soldiers should be given immunity from prosecution under afghan law is loosely covered off with the details from kabul. the u.s. and afghanistan have kicked off talks on thursday tough talks about the security framework...
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the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop israel and what they call cold war crimes perpetrated by israel against the palestinian people israel of course is saying that the airstrikes are justified response to the rocket fire from gaza into south is for all it's worth noting that this wednesday while israel was storming gaza from air president obama was holding a news conference the president received no question about gaza and there was almost nothing on t.v. here about it i've been watching very closely the israeli defense minister who has ind
the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop...
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john says the u.s. is desperately trying to maintain its position in the face of the quickly emerging east. wind. or receive the always. or. over the. what. the east. with the rise in the east you have a lot. of latin america in africa or in asia. well let's get some other global news for you here on r t now reports of up to were twenty fatalities in a series of explosions across iraq and central but that a car bomb targeting a senior general killed in the garden his convoy in the multi-ethnic city of kirkuk knowing killed in four civil ten years the last ten were also killed in a marketplace in a village just south of the capital and yes there were more detonations in other villages without fatal the t. s. and the attacks come on the eve of the islamic new year festival a special date for shia muslims who are the prime target of al qaeda. but this just in gaza is the governing party hamas says its military leader ahmed jabari was killed today they say it was a targeted assassination by israel which has
john says the u.s. is desperately trying to maintain its position in the face of the quickly emerging east. wind. or receive the always. or. over the. what. the east. with the rise in the east you have a lot. of latin america in africa or in asia. well let's get some other global news for you here on r t now reports of up to were twenty fatalities in a series of explosions across iraq and central but that a car bomb targeting a senior general killed in the garden his convoy in the multi-ethnic...
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the u.s. continues to regenerate its support for israel and is blaming hamas for starting the violence president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu birth claim to want a deescalation but only provided there is a halt in rocket fire from gaza and retired u.s. army colonel writes as washington still stand by israel no matter what. we have had a history in the united states governments. of unconditional support for the state of israel no matter what criminal acts it commits and so far the obama administration has been no different than any other administration i would ask what is israel trying to achieve here you have a population that's in a prison that has been under blockade for the last five years the israeli government is squeezing the people of gaza the united nations now says that by the year twenty twenty gaza will be unlivable the israeli attack on gaza it's not a war it's an attack there is really no defenses that the palestinians have they do have these rockets that th
the u.s. continues to regenerate its support for israel and is blaming hamas for starting the violence president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu birth claim to want a deescalation but only provided there is a halt in rocket fire from gaza and retired u.s. army colonel writes as washington still stand by israel no matter what. we have had a history in the united states governments. of unconditional support for the state of israel no matter what criminal acts it commits and so...
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coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia now it's chance comes to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here at school it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all friends who brought their dia to life. five years ago about a bill to dock kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their lives might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed to the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother her schedule also encourages her kids to become depth hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly updates the
coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia now it's chance comes to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here at school it wasn't...
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meanwhile the u.s. congress is demanding answers and they want to know why they weren't notified of an inquiry into such a high profile figure michael maloof a former pentagon official says the timing of the revelations and the initial secrecy could be politically motivated at least the attorney general should have been informed he works after all the f.b.i. works for him they report directly to him and certainly the director of national intelligence should have been informed not on the evening of the election but should have been informed almost immediately when they came across some very incriminating information it's been my experience that when something like this occurs the person who's the target is suspended from clearances is told to take thirty days off and while they investigate further and the bosses are informed immediately the fact that this was did not occur in patrice's case and it occurred almost immediately after he became the cia director i think smells of political intrigue and the fa
meanwhile the u.s. congress is demanding answers and they want to know why they weren't notified of an inquiry into such a high profile figure michael maloof a former pentagon official says the timing of the revelations and the initial secrecy could be politically motivated at least the attorney general should have been informed he works after all the f.b.i. works for him they report directly to him and certainly the director of national intelligence should have been informed not on the evening...
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the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts only getting more brutal. you're watching lardy a live from moscow good to have you with us top story barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the u.s. election to stay in office for a second term. america's incumbent leader has come from the council to be paucity seventy electoral votes threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states is gonna teach again has been following the developments in washington. well mitt romney has accept
the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts...
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in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from this facebook engineer with an insider's view of the company thanksgiving day on cspan after 12:30 p.m. eastern. at 2:00, chief justice john roberts. later, space pioneers and nasa officials pay a much to the first man to walk among, nell armstrong just before 11:00. >> defense secretary leon panetta looks at how potential budget cuts could affect the pentagon. he spoke tuesday evening at the center for new american security about the so-called fiscal cliff and defense priorities. [applause] good evening and thank you for coming. >> it is an honor to be introducing my old boss
in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from...
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you can now takes a look at what's in it for the u.s. . the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint occupations instead think of special ops and crafts the army next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five hundred people who will train the country's forces according to one libyan militia commander a team of americans is already in the country looking for recruits a major obstacle in their way a vastly divided society there isn't an army and libya now and the army is not going to be because whenever you try and get militias which have a legion says to a variety of rays of things than the national interest so they have allegiance to a drive or to a sect or to a religion rather than having allegiance to the nation or to the country you cannot build an army but with training and aid fully via the u.s. we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to figh
you can now takes a look at what's in it for the u.s. . the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint occupations instead think of special ops and crafts the army next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five hundred people who will train the country's forces according to one libyan militia commander a team of americans is already in the country looking...
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where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in case you want to be and. that's fine tom go ahead it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side of democracy in many countries and the fact that we're still very close to the saudi regime i think is in an unfortunate in many ways and is a reality of our economic and security interests there but the fact that you have some cases that fall on one side of the line doesn't mean there haven't been many significant cases on the other and so i don't think we should overstate the fact that the united states isn't always in consistent to say therefore that u.s. democracy promotion is just a sham ok charles i mean
where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in case you want to be and. that's fine tom go ahead it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side...
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the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because lot of talk about democracy paralysis certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america in the s
the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the...
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the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military grade blow this week they career of the current commander of the eyes now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the form a command and cia chief david petraeus to resign on his biographer paula broadwell that made her so having a relationship with him and classified information was found on her computer but trends that are nice passing on secrets about genuine has succeeded to trash in afghanistan as on the investigation of an appropriate communication with a woman who has ties to both the tracks and pulled while the feeling is flying that there's much more to the case and. the afghan war like the entire experience of the last ten years is really an artificial construct these generals have cultivated an image of themselves that is inaccurate they've tried to create the illusion that we are fighting a great enemy in reality we don't face armies air forces or air defenses we're not fighting the v
the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military grade blow this week they career of the current commander of the eyes now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the form a command and cia chief david petraeus to resign on his biographer paula broadwell that made her so having a relationship with him and classified information was found on her computer but trends that are nice passing on secrets about genuine has succeeded to trash in...
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the u.s. is adopted a policy of containment so who are to them out of the soviet union and the one nine hundred fifty s. . shoring up its political civic alliances it's really positioning the military forces in the region president obama announced the pivot towards asia so this is very clear china has just the just announced that they're expanding the navy as a priority we're looking at something that looks like the contest we germany and britain before world war one it's a worry it hopefully will manage the danger is the best that america's allies know about japan. the daggers drawn with trying to right now over the same kind who islands and war break out there shooting could break out any day we want but america then could be drawn by japan's fighting china america could be drawn into the conflict as it could be with the philippines or with south korea. the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military great blow this week the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in
the u.s. is adopted a policy of containment so who are to them out of the soviet union and the one nine hundred fifty s. . shoring up its political civic alliances it's really positioning the military forces in the region president obama announced the pivot towards asia so this is very clear china has just the just announced that they're expanding the navy as a priority we're looking at something that looks like the contest we germany and britain before world war one it's a worry it hopefully...